Alienware launches 'world's first mobile quad-core' laptop
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Alienware, Dell's extreme-high performance computing arm, has announced the arrival of its M17 laptop, one of the first such machines powered by the Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9300 (2.53 GHz, 12MB cache, 1066MHz FSB), the world's first mobile quad-core processor.
Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines.
Of course, and that devilishly-fast QX9300 processor, too, which also appeared in Lenovo's ThinkPad W700 earlier this year. (About; benchmarks)
On the storage front, dual 500GB hard drives linked in a RAID 0 configuration offer a massive 1TB storage capacity. Your Blu-ray and HD video will enjoy the 17-inch "Extreme High-Definition" 1920 x 1200 resolution display.
What color does that Skullcap case come in? Matte black. As if you even had to ask.
The company notes that power users and gamers on a budget can even get in on the action: The M17 starts at $1,399, and a configuration with an Intel Core 2 Duo processor, ATI CrossFireX technology, 3GB of DDR3 memory and a 1920 x 1200 Extreme High-Definition LCD can be had for under $2,000.
The M17 is available today in the U.S. and Europe.